Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 50
मातङ्ग–शक्रसंवादः
Mataṅga–Śakra Dialogue on Tapas, Status, and Moral Qualities
उपासते यथा बाला मातर क्षुधयार्दिता: । श्रेयस्कामास्तथा गड़ामुपासन्तीह देहिन:
upāsate yathā bālā mātaraṁ kṣudhayārditāḥ | śreyaskāmās tathā gaḍāṁ upāsantīha dehinaḥ ||
Bậc Siddha nói: “Như những đứa trẻ đói khát, khổ sở vì cơn đói, tìm đến mẹ mình, thì cũng vậy, các hữu tình mang thân trong đời này—kẻ khát cầu phúc lợi chân thật—tìm chỗ nương tựa bằng sự thờ phụng Gaḍā.”
सिद्ध उवाच
Educational Q&A
Those who seek śreyas (true and lasting welfare) naturally turn toward a trusted refuge; devotion is portrayed as an instinctive movement toward protection and nourishment, like a hungry child seeking its mother.
A Siddha delivers an illustrative comparison: the way hunger drives children to their mother, the longing for well-being drives embodied beings to worship and seek support in Gaḍā within the world.